Victoria Police's Critical Incident Response Team has repeatedly failed to properly report its use of force and officers are increasingly resorting to it, a special report has found.
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission has highlighted several incidents involving the specialist unit, including at Melbourne's Inflation nightclub shooting in 2017 and arrests at a Fitzroy bookshop in 2019 and at Epping in 2020.
The police watchdog identified instances of CIRT officers not accurately or comprehensively reporting their use of force, breaches of Victoria's charter of human rights, inadequate risk assessment and planning processes, and poor communication.
